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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Driving The USA) for Monday, October 30, 2023 (Season 40, Game 36):
It’s the state with the most miles of Interstate highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jay Foster, an engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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Sarah Reza, a museum program manager from Hyattsville, Maryland
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T.J. Tallie, an associate professor of African history from San Diego, California
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Today’s seventh quarterfinal is between two 1-game winners—T.J. Tallie and Sarah Reza—and 2-game winner Jay Foster. T.J. could have gone on a lengthier run, but some difficulty with Final Jeopardy wagering, betting too much from the lead, ended his run. I think it’s very likely that T.J. will have the lead going into Final Jeopardy—after that, who knows what will happen?
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Correct response: What is Texas?
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At just over 3,200 miles of Interstate highway, Texas has the longest length of Interstate highways in the United States; California is second while Illinois is third. The transcontinental I-10, which runs from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, runs through Texas for more than 800 miles and is the longest continuous untolled freeway in North America run by a single authority (TxDOT). Interestingly, El Paso—the western end of I-10 in Texas—is closer to Los Angeles than to the state’s eastern border.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, October 30, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Let’s Face It; It’s In Your Mind; Non-Naughty Words; The Jokers; Triangles; 5 Rhymes)
T.J. got off to a hot start—and then fell back down to $0 after a missed True Daily Double. Sarah then had a good few clues to lead at the first break. However, T.J. dominated the signalling device, and, coupled with some incorrect responses by Sarah, T.J. led after the Jeopardy Round.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sarah 4 correct 0 incorrect
Jay 1 correct 0 incorrect
T.J. 6 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Jay felt terrified when he got The Call because of all of the long streaks.
Sarah prepared for her first appearance by using her newborn’s feet as her buzzer.
T.J. teaches a lot about race, gender, and belonging.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
T.J. 14 correct 3 incorrect
Sarah 5 correct 2 incorrect
Jay 3 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
T.J. $3,200
Sarah $1,400
Jay $1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Bring Out Your Fred; Shakespeare Rewrites The Beatles; Close Encounters Of The Third Kind; Found In ROY G. BIV; Organic Chemistry; Accenté)
Sarah took a good swing earlyin Double Jeopardy, but the second incorrect True Daily Double of the game brought her score to $0. Meanwhile, T.J. picked up another 13 correct responses, and after getting DD3 correct, he had a runaway!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
T.J. 27 correct 4 incorrect
Sarah 13 correct 4 incorrect
Jay 6 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
T.J. $20,600
Sarah $6,000
Jay $4,800
Sarah was the only player correct in Final, but T.J.’s runaway makes him a semifinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Jay $4,800 – $4,000 = $800 (What is California?)
Sarah $6,000 + $0 = $6,000 (What is Texas?)
T.J. $20,600 – $600 = $20,000 (What is California?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE JOKERS $1000 (clue #5)
T.J. 2200 -2200 (Sarah 0 Jay 0)
2) FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $1600 (clue #6)
Sarah 2200 -2200 (T.J. 2800 Jay 1200)
3) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND $1200 (clue #25, $2800 left on board)
T.J. 14400 +4600 (Sarah 5200 Jay 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -168
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
T.J. 3 4 3 4 5*
Sarah
Jay
DJ! Round:
T.J. 1 5† 3† 2† 5 4 3 1 4 3*
Sarah 2 4* 3 4 5 2 1 2 5
Jay 4 3 5 4 3 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
T.J. 3.33
Sarah 3.11
Jay 4.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
T.J. $19,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 4 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $8,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jay $4,800 Coryat, 6 correct, 1 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,400
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
T.J. Tallie, career statistics:
69 correct, 14 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
43.27% in first on buzzer (74/171)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,133
Sarah Reza, career statistics:
43 correct, 8 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
25.73% in first on buzzer (44/171)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $800)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,267
Jay Foster, career statistics:
57 correct, 10 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 23 rebound opportunities)
25.00% in first on buzzer (56/224)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,600)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It should be noted that on SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES $400, as long as the correct lyric from the song that includes the title is added, an over-filled song title is acceptable within the rules of Jeopardy!—so, yes, T.J.’s response of “What is She Loves You. Yeah, yeah, yeah.” is fine for “What is She Loves You?”
- Today’s box score: October 30, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: T.J. $20,600 Sarah $6,000 Jay $4,800)
T.J.: Limit your bet to $8,599 (though, really, there’s not much occasion to bet anything.) (Actual bet: $600)
Sarah: Standard cover bet over Jay is $3,601. (Actual bet: $0)
Jay: In the battle for second, limit your bet to $2,400 or less. (Actual bet: $4,000)
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I guessed “What is California?”—the SECOND longest. Close, but no cigar. Oh well, maybe better luck tomorrow.(I don’t drive—maybe this would be easier for people who are more familiar with the U.S. road system?)
I also went with California which almost seemed t0o obvious. Having driven much of the pacific coast highway, though, I wouldn’t have been surprised if it was 800 miles (looked it up, and it’s 600 and change).
The Pacific Coast Highway also isn’t an Interstate.
Ah, yes…I see route 1 is just a state highway.
Interstate 5 does run nearly 800 miles in California, though. Not a bad guess at all.
I guessed Illinois. Having lived there, I know that it has lots of different interstate highways. Texas makes sense, however, due to its vast area.
I live in Illinois-the Chicago Metro area, and, didn’t even consider Illinois.
The clues in the answer seem to point toward a state with lots of wide open spaces (unless you know I-10,) so as a considered guess, I said Texas.
And in a comment to Andy’s El Paso being closer to LA than eastern parts of Texas. There are parts of Texas, i.e., Texarkana, that are closer to Chicago than they are to El Paso.
My Dad’s family was from NE Texas. Before we moved to Florida, I lived for a few years in Hooks, a small town several miles W of Texarkana.
I guess this one was a little trickier than it seemed to me. An old, large, centrally located state seemed like a good bet to have the most miles of Interstate.
My thinking was the same as yours, so I was surprised it was not a Triple Get. I did recall that when we drove to Dallas, Houston and Galveston one year (mostly visiting relatives), I was shocked at the lack of interstates between some major cities (as well as no interstates between major regions of the state that did not contain a major city). However, I realized that was 40 years ago, so assumed that had changed and “went with” ‘Texas’.
[Clearly Alaska is much bigger, but I’d think everyone knows that it has a dearth of interstates, or even passable roads.]
Texas was my first guess. Everything is bigger there.
Texas was my guess as well having seen a lot of highway videos posted on YouTube recently. Despite the big size I would love to visit that state including Houston and Amarillo
My immediate thought was California. But then I did the math with the numbers and realized that I wasn’t likely to find an 800 mile stretch of Interstate in California. Add to that the fact that I currently live off of Exit 607 of I-10 in Texas, and know for sure just how much there is still to the east of me, Texas became a gimme.
Is that by Seguin? Los tejanos representan!
Seguin, indeed!
I-5 has 797 miles in CA, so I think CA was a great guess. But, I am biased, I was the guy who got it wrong.
I think I’d seen one too many TikToks talking about I-10 in Texas to deviate anywhere from TX myself.
(I did think it interesting, though, that both you and T.J., from SoCal, stayed in CA, probably knowing about the length of I-5).
I live in California and have my whole life and went with California as well. Oops! Great seeing you back on Jeopardy Jay! 🙂
For me, as with a lot of people probably, it was a toss-up between California and Texas. Since I had been on the I-10 in El Paso, I went with Texas.
As an interesting aside, some people may be surprised to learn that Hawaii has an Interstate Highway system.
As well as Alaska. You’d think they should be called intrastate highways there.
Being that I just read the clue, I knew that TEXAS was the correct response as the state is so large. California may be long, BUT it’s Texas for sure.